WHO IS MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT?

2008-01-26T19:26:00.000-08:00

"And upon her forehead was a name written,. MYSTERY
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS .AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH" ..(Rev. 17:5 KJV).

Revelation chps.17 and 18 show clearly BABYLON means Rome,
not the ancient city on the Euphrates. If the Bible can symbolize
Babylon as a lion (Dan.7:4), and Jerusalem as Sodom (Rev.11:8),
it can symbolize Rome as a Babylonish harlot. Symbols were used
to hide the real meaning of a word, because, in this case (time of
John), Rome was in power, and how long do you think a book, or
the author, would last that equated Rome to that of a "whore?"

The harlot woman is a city set on 7 hills; Rev.17:9 positively
identifies the woman as Rome [place cursor on that verse], see map
at lower right, where the old wall of Rome enclosed the 7 hills she
was built on: Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine,
Quirinal and Viminalis.

The woman (false religion) rides into the tribulation period on the
symbolic 7 headed, 10 horned, Beast (A.C. endtime kingdom).
However, Rome does not rule with the A.C. Her long rule had
been previous, over the kings of the nations in past history.

Before continuing I would like to state that there are some true
Christians in the Catholic Church, as there are in evangelical
churches (of which I am a part of). In my opinion both of these
Christian denominations teach about one half God's truth, and
the other half is 'traditions of men' (false). I do not profess to
know it all, but I do know what is false! I am no ones judge, in
the following I will only be stating facts of history:

Even though in the time of John the Roman Catholic Church was
not yet in existence, it is clear to historians, the "voice" of Rome
was idol worship, Babylonish in nature; from the time of the idol
Baal to the Roman gods Jupiter, Zeus, etc., then the "mothers of
heaven", Diana, Venus, etc., on down to mother Mary (present).

The "woman" (Rome) is called a harlot for what she allows to be
done in her body (Vatican City) by image worship. This woman
rides into the 70th week of Daniel on a seven headed ten horned
beast. Since Babylon the Great (now Rome) only rides the Beast,
she is not to be confused _with_ the Beast himself. Her intimacy
with the Beast stems from her need for the governmental power
of the Beast to assure her a monopoly on religion. Basically they
will use each other to advance their power.

I want to make it clear that she (Rome) will not_be_ the Endtime
A.C. kingdom. This harlot woman will be the personification of
false religion of all time. And God will cause the 10 horns (kings)
on the beast (AC) that she rode into power on, to turn on her,
because after the A.C. is through with this symbolic woman, he
will want all worship to be directed to him, because he represents
Satan, in the same sense that Jesus represents God.

"And the ten horns...on the beast...shall hate the whore...and
burn her with fire" (Rev.17:16). Rome will be destroyed...

Rev.17:4,5,6__ This ancient harlot Babylon (now transferred to
Rome) from post flood to now, makes her about 4000 years old.
She has many harlot daughters, idol worshippers, or cults who
worship images, sun, moon, stars, animals, etc. John "wondered"
how she (Rome) could martyr so many around the world. This,
of course, was carried out with the help of political governments;
Caesars, the Spanish Inquisition, England, France, etc. In fact,
millions of people, who refused to recognize the authority of the
church of Rome, were killed by the papacy.

Historian W.E.H. Lecky wrote: "The church of Rome has shed
more innocent blood than any other institution that has ever
existed among mankind." (Rise and influence of rationalism in Europe, volume 2, page 32).

Rev.17:15,16,17,18_ Tells us the ecclesiastical church system of
Rome controls nations and peoples. Rome during John's time
ruled over kings by the power of Caesars, and after that the
Catholic Popes ruled kings; a fact of history.

In conclusion, God states in Rev.18:8-9, that He is going to
destroy this great city [woman] that He again calls "Babylon" in
the next verse Rev.18:10. Today Babylon is not in existence,
God had already made it desolate in the ancient past, and said
it would be desolate (uninhabited) forever (Jer.51:61-62).God
can not destroy a city that is not there?_In John's day, Rome was
a copy of evil Babylon; the world in rebellion against God._ So in
view of this, and what I covered in the above article, the woman
(Rome) has to be the personification of Ancient Babylon as repre-
sented by the harlot woman (i.e. false religion).

Go to.... Endtime Beast Empire

Go to.... The Second Coming Of Christ

See map below:

The Woman on the Scarlet Beast

WHO IS MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT?